My Current Go To Snacks - Vegan, Paleo, Protein & Tasty

These Earth Balance Cheddar Squares (aka vegan cheeze-itz) are amazing! I have not has the original in like 20 years but from what I remember these are spot on and delicious! I like getting a bowl of peanut butter and some of the crackers and mixing them together! Matt approves of these crackers too! I am holding onto our last box till we can get over to a Whole Foods Again.

I like to eat snacks grouped together for lunch since I tend to eat a bigger dinner. I get into a snacking rut...So I was looking for new snacks and came upon Graze.com. So far I have gotten 2 boxes and they had some stand out products. On Saturday Matt and I dug into the box that came that day and really liked the Tropical Sundae fruit mix, so much so we went out to search for more dried mango to munch on. Side note: have you ever noticed how much crap they put into dried fruit nowadays, finding simple dried fruit is hard!
You can customize your box selection to get only vegan items (go through after trashing non-vegan stuff to make sure there is no honey, I believe I found one honey product in the mix) and trash any products that you are allergic to our simple would not like. Use this code to get your fist box free: KENDYP89P.

I picked up this cookie while in Sacramento because I had not had anything directly marketed as paleo for vegans yet. I am not a fan of fad diets but I do tend to go for high protein and low/no sugar picks. I liked this cookie so much so that I have been trying to make my own version at home. Matt said it was to dry - whatever Matt! So far I have made a tasty batch of cookies that were not so pretty! I will keep trying though!

[day 16] Product Reviews

Last week we got a order in from Vegan Essentials of some much needed and not so needed products. I tried to get some things that seemed interesting and a few things that looked good. Here are a few hits and misses including what Matt thought.


We love queso around here, we just plop it over tortilla chips and call it a day. I was curious to see what a jar version tastes like. Nacho Mom's Ultimate Vegan Queso called out to me - who can resist cheezy flavor in a jar! I found it tasty, it had a slight kick and it is super healthy. For the price I am happy making my own though!
Matt says: Not high on the cheese factor, thick though and overall good.


Dark Angell Organic Candy Bar has a nice chocolaty taste and I love the addition of the nuts, it reminds me of a old school in your lunchbox Kudos bar!
Matt says: The candy bar was good, but not the best I've ever eaten. It had a nice chewy chocolate bite.


Cheese Crackers by Eco Planet are so tasty. The reminded me or cheesy crackers, a cross between the fish shaped ones and the ones that ended with it!I opened the box when we had company and we munched away happily. I am just a bit disappointed that a third of the box was crumbs.
Matt says: The cheese crackers have a great after taste. At first it tastes bland but then it the "cheese" kicks in and it's good.


The only disappointment with the products we tried was the gumballs by Dylan and Delaney . We tried the sour apple flavor wich was not really flavorful. The big complaint though was the texture of the gum. It was just mush and never really formed into something you could chew, so after a minute we spit it out.
Matt says: The gum balls were gross, they had absolutely no taste and they were not chewy.